“a parable on how little people valued poor people”

“I love the word, the non-hetero way to say feminine”

“I was almost sixteen. I wanted a boy to love me.”

“Lying about my sexuality is a language I speak fluidly”

“…and we framed our own realities.”

“I couldn’t tell her how much I hated God for keeping her alive”

“resist the urge to tell her about his decision to be polygamous”

“Stepped into the after without missing a beat”

“it was the height of the mixtape-era, and Ross was the hands-down master”

“Where do we go when we’re not in the Now?”

“My back was turned. In went the triangular shaped rock”

“in silk and a chemical cocoon
you sleep”

What kind of music would robotic dogs from the future like the least?

“a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness”

“Yes it is nothing but dirt, but I belong in that dirt.”

“Being in a non-monogamous relationship does more”

“she didn’t know it would be so wet. So red”

“…tuning out the incessant noise to find something wondrous and whole.”

“What do you mean, I’m not like other Black people?”

“Tell them women are punished for just being women.”